Normandy

Claude Monet, one of the most famous painters during the impressionist movement, was born November 14, 1840 in Paris, France. When he was five years old he and his family moved to Normandy. Claude’s father was a businessman, who hoped he would join the family business when he grew up, and his mother was a singer. As a child, Monet did not enjoy being cooped up; he would much rather be outside, gazing at the beauty that was all around him. Although he did not enjoy being confined inside, he was…

wealthy husband, Tom, live. Nick first talks about his house and his neighbor’s, Jay Gatsby’s, house “My house was at the very tip of the egg, only fifty yards from the Sound... The one on my right... was a factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool, and more than forty acres of lawn…

make coordinated attacks on the Axis with other powerful figures such as Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill. He also hosted plenty of wartime conferences, which included the most important decision against France, to delay the invasion until the Normandy Invasion on D-Day. During this time, Franklin D. Roosevelt also mobilized the United States' economy for war, converting a lot of peacetime industries to powerful military production powerhouses. This was important so the United States could…

Tehran Conference; 1943 World War two started in 1939 when Germany invaded Poland. World War two finally ended in 1945 when the United States vigorously defeated Japan. The United States entered the war when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941. The United States immediately declared war on Japan, and then Germany responded by also declaring war on the United States. Germany was at war against Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union. The greatest superpowers the world has ever…

One will never be able to fully understand the effects of prejudice unless you are the one that it pertains to. Many people make prejudice statements without even knowing it. It’s as simple as making fun of the way someone talks, how they dress, or what they look like, but personal prejudice was taken to a completely different level in Cairo. Martha Collins’ Blue Front is full of poems containing her research on the town of Cairo, Illinois and what her father experienced as a young boy living…

The characters of The Great Gatsby can all be viewed in two opposing ways. They have a personality and aura about them that nobody would ever question. In an era of unprecedented wealth and personal freedom, there is so much more to these characters than first meets the eye. There is no better example of this than Jay Gatsby. Gatsby, a member of the “new” rich, holds extrordanary parties every weekend at his estate on the shore of West Egg. At the beginning, Gatsby appears to simply be a…

various tragic, horrific moments in the war that would scar him for life and one would say that he might have even gone insane because of them. Salinger was part of the 4th Infantry Division which were the first Allied soldiers to hit the beaches of Normandy on D-day, June 6 1944 although they were able to liberate the…

Jay Gatsby’s elaborate mansion in Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby symbolizes the upper class’ need to be filled with material wealth and adoration to feel fulfilled. Fitzgerald uses mansion’s exterior, interior, and atmosphere to reflect different aspects of the upper class. The beginning of Gatsby’s interactions with Nick, Jordan, Daisy, and Tom is due to his impressive mansion and the parties that occur there. It is a pivotal location in the novel as it is the scene of parties, the place…

I love my name. There is nothing embarrassing or funny about it. There is absolutely nothing I would rather change it to. I do not have any reason to want to change my name. In my opinion, names are a very important piece of someone's life. My full name is Tanner Roy Spencer, my parents told me that they chose my first name because they wanted to choose a name that is not a very common name. I have only met three people ever with the same name as me. Once I met a girl at a pool when I was young,…

A Hero’s Journey Saving Private Ryan is a film based on the true events that happened during World War 2 against the Germans in France. On June 6th 1944, the lives of many American soldiers changed for the worst. Over many days and nights seven American soldiers lead by Captain John H. Miller set out on a treacherous mission to return Private Ryan, the only living brother left of four back home to his saddened mother in Iowa. The only problem to the situation is that he could be anywhere in…